Prison official punished over 'Brokeback' screening

[TomInTib]

Sheer genius.

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts correctional officer is being disciplined for showing the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain" to inmates at the state's largest prison because his boss determined that the film includes content inappropriate for a prison setting.

Massachusetts Department of Correction spokeswoman Diane Wiffin said Saturday that the action was not related to the critically acclaimed film's plot involving a gay love affair.

"It was not the subject matter. It was the graphic nature of sexually explicit scenes," Wiffin said.

She said the officer, whom she declined to identify, failed to follow prison guidelines that require staff who schedule films to review them in advance for excessive violence, nudity or sex, as well as scenes involving assaults on correctional staff.

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[tocqueville]

1. I wonder if Bambi is appropriate for inmates...

there are so cruel scenes in that movie...

[TomInTib]

2. I've always thought Bambi was a little too "close" to his mother.

But God smote her to show Bambi the error of their ways.